Fly R/C Online

by Steve Waugh | Sunday, October 25th, 2009 at 11:51 am

Fly R/C Online is a media sharing community for R/C pilots. The site was designed for members to share videos and photos of R/C (radio control) airplanes, helicopters, and more. On a personal level I enjoy sharing the hobby I’ve grown to love over the years. As a web designer, I viewed the site as a design challenge and a great addition to the CrazyWebFoo portfolio.

Fly R/C Online

I used my passion for R/C as motivation to learn, design, and develop a complex, media sharing site. While there are many R/C related sites out there on the internet, most of the sites are allow members to communicate via forums. This is great for information sharing. However, I wanted a community site that revolved around videos.

I realized that Fly R/C Online would need a robust Content Management System (CMS) to handle the video sharing demands. I researched the different CMS options available, and after some experimenting, decided to use the open-source Joomla CMS. Joomla has a wide variety extensions, developers, and documentation. These things are very important when trying to decide which system is right for you. It’s better to spend a lot of time researching up front to avoid costly mistakes later in the development life cycle.

I needed to research components after choosing the CMS platform. The site had to have strong community and video components. I wanted members to be able to login, communicate, and upload their videos. I researched and tested various components before selecting two that fit within my design specifications and budget.

Fly R/C Online is the first CMS system built here at the Foo. I created a site that shared two of my favorite passions; web design and R/C flying. If you’d like to create your own video sharing site, or a site that revolves around some other dynamic content, you’d do well to consider Joomla as your open-source CMS.

Tags: CMS, Joomla

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